Door holder



June 26, 1923. 1.460.047

B. B. wALsToN Doon HOLDER Filed OC.. 31. 1922 Sii Patented ,lune 26,19235..

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BENJAVIAN B. WALSTON, OIE' DALLAS, TEXAS.

Doon HOLDER.

Application led October 31, 1922. Serial No. 598,108.

To all whom t may conce/rn.' l

Be it known that I, EENJAMAN B. `WAL- sToN, a citizen oir' the UnitedStates, residing at Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door Holders, otwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in door holders.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and ethcient deviceof improved construction adapted to be mounted on a door and the casingthereof for holding the door open in various positions.

A construction designed to carry out the invention will be hereinafterdescribed, together with other features oi' the invention.

The invention will be more readily understood vfrom a reading of thefollowing specication and by reference to the accompanying drawings, inwhich an example of the invention is shown and wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a door provided with a device embodyingthe invention, portions of the door being broken away,

Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the door showing the device in plan,

Fig. 3 is a detail of the door in open position, and

Fig. l is an enlarged detail of the locking mechanism.

1n the drawings the letter A designates a door and B the casing thereof.The device is with the door knob 10 so as to be convenient foroperation, and includes a hinge 11fsecured to the casing B. The hingehas an elongated shank 12 pivotally connected to which is an elongatedlatch bar 13. This bar is passed thru a guide 14E and between a pair ofears 15 adj acenty the free end of the bar. An elongated narrow plate 16underlies the bar 13 in a corresponding recess in the door (Fig. 4f).The outer end of the plate is provided with a plurality of alinedapertures or sockets 17 for receiving a stud 18 on the outer end of thebar 13. The stud is normally held out of the sockets by a ing againstthe plate 16. A latch operating lever 2O is pivoted between the ears 15and has a head 21. The head is adapted to engage the bar 13 when thelever is swung at right angles to the door, the adjacent preferablymounted approximately on a linev spring 19 secured to the said bar andbear-` corner ot' theJ head being rounded so that it will easily rideover the said bar. A housing 22 is mounted over the sockets 17 and isadapted to receive the end o1 the latch bar when the door is swung.

In operation the door is opened to the desired position, the latch barat the same time sliding into the housing 22. The lever 2O is then swungat right angles, the head 21 pressing thelatch bar against the plate 16,whereby the stud 18 enters the nearest socket 17. It will be seen thatboth ends of the latch bar are thus locked, whereby the door A isAprevented from swinging.

When it is desired to close or otherwise change the position of the doorit is only necessary to swing the lever to a parallel position, wherebythe spring displaces the lfatclli bar and the same is permitted to slideree y.

Various changes in the size and shape of the different. parts as well asmodifications may be made within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim, is:

1. The combination with a hinged door and a fixed support adjacentthereto, of a connection pivoted to the said support, a spring pressedlatch bar pivoted to the connection, a plate secured to the door at theouter end of the said bar, said plate being provided with a plurality ofsockets, means on the latch bar for engaging in said sockets, and meansfor engaging said latch bar holding said means in one of said sockets,whereby both ends of the said bar are locked and the door is held rigid.

2. The combination with a hinged door and a iXed support adjacentthereto, of a connection pivoted to the said support, a spring pressedlatch bar pivoted to the connection, a plate secured to the door at the`outer end of the said bar, said plate being shank, a pair of pivotalears mounted one on .each side of the latch bar adjacent its free end, aplate mounted 'on the door at the free end of said bar and having a plu-5 rality of sockets, a stud carried by the latch bai' for engaging insaid Sockets,l and av lever pivotally mounted between said ears andadapted to engage the latch bar and hold the said stud in one of thesaideockets, whereby both ends ofl the said bar are 10 BENJAMAN B.WALSTON.

